Crash

Crash

The movie Crash is filled with prejudice and discrimination based on the character's races and ethnicities. Everyone in the movie had a predisposed prejudice towards people of opposite races. The movie included more acts of prejudice than racism, and it is actually sad to realize that is a reality in the U.S. The movie is basically an eye-opener for those of us who do not notice our prejudices. The movie even included a form of positive prejudices, where they did not want the African American police officer to seem like a bad influence on the black neighborhood, so they decided to cover it up. With attitudes like the ones that were portrayed in the movie, no race is safe from discriminations. This movie also makes me wonder what people think about me as I walk around campus or when I am at work. I am an African American female and I don't want anyone to have a selective perception of me just because I am black and use slang sometimes.

Besides the movie's characters being prejudice, the movie itself was, also. Some of the jobs that the characters had were what was expected for their race. The Latino guy was doing manual labor, the Latino woman was a housekeeper, the Persian man owned a store, the young Black guys were car thieves, and the White couple was high in status. The movie not only represented individual prejudice, but prejudice by society, as well. That is how society looks at its U.S. citizens, exactly how it is seen in someone's eyes. With that in mind, I wonder if all the prejudices today are instigated by society.